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SustainabilityPioneering aquaculture research on the banks of the Mekong river
One of the biggest challenges in aquafeed production today is understanding the precise nutritional requirements for different species of farmed fish and shrimp. That is why the global research centre on the banks of the Mekong river in Vietnam is gathering important data that will shed light on the efficient conversion of feed into animal protein. By optimising the impact of aquafeed, farmers around the world can raise healthier fish and shrimp with less feed costs.
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TestimonialI am confident about what we are doing now. We are growing in the right way
Hear from Mrs. Tien on her experience working with De Heus in Vietnam. Discover how our animal feed solutions improved her farm's productivity and profitability
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Our peopleAisha Senya - Quality Manager
Aisha has a background in Food Technology and has been working in the food supply chain in Ghana for over 15 years. She joined De Heus Ghana in October 2019 as Quality Manager. After working for her previous employer for more than 11 years, she was keen to climb the quality ladder. This was when she signed up to work with Koudijs. “My young family had become slightly more independent. And for me it was the right time to grow my ambitions. Since the company was new in Ghana, I wanted to be part of its success story.”
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SustainabilityHow one modern slaughterhouse raises the bar for Myanmar’s poultry sector
Throughout Asia, the demand for sustainable and safe poultry products is growing rapidly. In the face of increased competition and movements towards chain integration, a volatile market and changing sales channels, many independent poultry farmers in Myanmar are struggling to tap into this potential. Together with key players in the poultry sector, De Heus Myanmar developed the first modern slaughterhouse in the country, providing independent farmers a better price for their products and access to a premium market.
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TraineeshipArno Willemink – COO Asia
Growing up on a dairy farm, as a child Arno Willemink (32) was naturally already involved in the livestock business. His Industrial Engineering and Management degree at the University of Twente would not lead him directly to the agriculture sector. In 2012, however, he embarked on an internship for De Heus Vietnam, doing market research about the Myanmar market which De Heus was planning to open up. This made him aware of the opportunities for Dutch agricultural companies abroad. After completing his master’s degree in Financial Engineering and Management, he started as Trainee Purchasing & Trading in 2015. Since 2018 Arno has lived in Asia, first as Purchasing Director Asia in Vietnam and since 2022 as COO Asia.
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PremixSelecting the best performing technical feed additive
Technical additives are an indispensable component of premix animal nutrition, but selecting the ones that deliver maximum efficacy is far from easy. There’s a wide range on offer with a lot of different advice from suppliers. To identify the most effective technical additives, De Heus uses applied research. Wim Wensink, Category Manager Technical Additives Global Premix & Specialties explains how this rigorous, objective approach helps De Heus choose the most effective technical additives so customers can achieve their animal performance goals in the most cost-effective and sustainable way.
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PoultryProper lighting when fattening broilers
From breeding to slaughter, every phases in rearing broilers requires an optimal light plan.
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Our peoplePaweł Michalski, head of the quality assurance and production technology department
Paweł describes his professional career as being one with two main parts. The first was the time ‘before De Heus’ when he was a laboratory technician and a recipe specialist in the feed industry. Paweł: “That was a time of intense learning, searching for my own place and opportunities for personal development, which were not so obvious in the previous company. The turning point in my career came when I was contacted by De Heus and subsequently started working as Junior Product Manager in 2018. Thanks to this work, I obtained access to the commercial market and was able to have a real impact on the shape and specificity of products, but also on changes in the whole company. In April 2021, I was appointed head of the quality assurance and production technology department.”
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Our peopleŠárka Grešová - Customer Service Representative
Šárka first studied at the Business Academy, which prepared her for general office work and taught her the basics of accounting and an understanding of economics. Then she studied General Linguistics at the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University in Brno. Šárka: “The study of natural languages as a tool of communication will always be my hobby.”
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Our story | De Heus Animal Nutrition
On 28 April 1911, Hendrik Anthonie de Heus founded the company De Heus. Click here to read how that company grew into the global player De Heus is nowadays
